Owls hope to leave Arkansas with split of two games

FAU at Arkansas State on Monday after losing to Arkansas-Little Rock Saturday

January 8, 2012|By Ted Hutton, Sun Sentinel

The Owls spent Sunday traveling across Arkansas to play their second game in three days in that state.

After collapsing late to lose to Arkansas-Little Rock 40-38 Saturday, FAU will play at Arkansas State on Monday at 8 p.m.

The Owls trailed most of the game against the Trojans, but built a 38-30 lead with 4:22 left, but failed to score again as UALR went on an 8-0 run to win the game.

The loss dropped to Owls to 5-11, equaling their loss total for last season, when FAU went 21-11. FAU is now 1-2 in the Sun Belt after going 13-3 last year and winning the regular season title.

Arkansas State (8-9, 2-1) is coming off a 75-72 win over North Texas on Saturday.

Marcus Hooten leads the Red Wolves in scoring with 12.4 points per game. Senior forward Malcoln Kirkland is averaging 11.8 points and 6.6 rebounds and Brandon Peterson is the leading rebounder, averaging 7.1 per game while averaging 10.1 points per game.

The Red Wolves are 5-2 at home and 1-1 in the conference.

The game will be broadcast on ESPN 760 AM and on the web at ESPN760.com and fausports.com.

Quick hits

•The Owls have allowed a total of 70 points in their last two games after holding Louisiana-Monroe to 30 points in Thursday's win.

•With Saturday's loss, the Owls have now dropped seven of their last eight and eight of their last 10 games.

•With 13.5 points per game, Greg Gantt is the only Owls' player in averaging more than 10 points a game.